Truck for one-rail tracks.



E. B. PEIROB.

TRUGK FOR'ONE RAIL TRACKS. APPLICATION FILED APR.7, 1913.

1,092,951.. Patented Apr. 14, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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E. B. PEIROE.

TRUCK FOR ONE RAIL TRACKS.

APPLIGATION FILED APRJ, 1913.

1,092,951 Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

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EDWARD B. PEIROE, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

TRUCK FOR ONE-RAIL TRACKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914:.

Application filed April 7, 1913. Serial No. 759,275.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD B. PEIRGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Trucks for One-Rail Tracks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to trucks for one rail tracks or barrows having supporting wheels arranged tandem and adapted to be balanced and propelled by a man walking at one side of the rail or by two men, one on each side of the rail. This truck or barrow is provided with skids which project for some distance from the side thereof and the free ends of which may be brought in contact with the ground to form an inclined plane up which one or two men, by means of crowbars, may move heavy articles, as steel rails, switches, timbers, ties and other articles used in the construction and repair of railways and their appurtenances. By means of this device one or two men may move such articles from place to place along the track and in railway yards and dump them at such a distance from the track as not to interfere with the use of said track. L

The invention also relates to a box adapted to be supported upon the truck and secured thereon in such a manner as to be readily removable, which box is adapted to carry ballast or small articles, as spikes, used in railway construction.

In the accompanying drawings, on two sheets, Figure 1 is an isometric perspective View of my improved truck or barrow supported on a rail, omitting the removable handle and ballast-box; Fig; 2, a similar view with said ballast-box in operative position; Fig. 3, an end elevation of the same with ballast-box and removable handle; Fig. 4C, a rear elevation of the same.

A indicates a rail which may be a part of a permanent track supported on ties or a rail laid temporarily for purposes of construction or repair.

B denotes the rectangular frame or body of the truck; 7) 6 its longitudinal siderails; b 6 its transverse end-rails. The frame B is preferably of wood and is strengthened and stiffened by means of a metallic brace C having end-portions c c secured to the side-rails Z2 b by bolts or screws 0 0 said brace having an upwardly projecting middle portion 0 which keeps said end-portions 0 o in their positions rela tively to each other and at their proper angles with the side-rails b b and thereby greatly adds to the stiffness of the frame. Sa1d brace C also assists in supporting the fixed handle D which is preferably secured to the side-rail o midway between the ends of the latter, by a T-shaped strap E, the head 6 of which is fastened by bolts or screws e to said side-rail Z2 and the shank e of which is bolted or screwed at e to said fixed handle. The middle part of the brace 1s also secured to said fixed handle by a bolt or screw 0*. The fixed handle and the brace are inclined outward from the frame to give a greater leverage and a better control of the truck by the operator and also to permit of a greater capacity to the ballast-box described below, A socket (Z is secured to the side-rail Z) preferably opposite the fixed handle, but does not reach above the top of said side-rail and in this socket (Z may be inserted a removable bar D or handle for the use of a helper. The frame B is supported on two wheels F F which are arranged tandem and are peripherally grooved at f f to receive the same rail or single track, and the grooves f f are deep enough and wide enough to allow the truck to be tilted laterally to a considerable amount without leaving the track-rail. The wheels F F turn on arbors f f supported in hangers or bearings f f secured to the undersides of the side-rails Z) 6 and are held in their proper places by spacing sleeves f j which surround said arbors between said sleeves and said hangers. Metallic bars or skids G G are secured to the tops of the side-rails and project for a considerable distance from the frame B, so that by tilting the truck, the free ends of the skids may be brought into contact with the ground to form an inclined plane up which rails and other heavy articles may be moved by crowbars or levers and thus loaded on to the truck. By similarly tilting the truck the load may be discharged along the track and out of dangerous proximity thereto.

The ballast-box H is a stout wooden box represented as having vertical ends 72. 77. and front k and as being outwardly inclined at the back If at the same angle as the fixed handle D and provided 011 the back with hooks 72, if which reach over the curved no middle portion 0 on opposite sides of said fixed handle and below the highest partof the curvature of said portion 0 to prevent accidental movement of the box on the truck, The box is strengthened by cleats h 72/7 at the ends and by metallic straps h? 769 at the front corners and is provided with an outwardly-opening front door it hinged at h 70 and normally fastened by latches h h, pivoted on the front cleats and hooking over catch-plates secured to the front of said door h, in such a way that the man with the removable handle may after removing said handle kick the latches up out of engagement and allow said door to be pressed open by the contents of the box or by tilting the truck. The ballast-box maybe moved into or out of place on the truck by the use of the skids when the removable handle is out of its socket. Two men may easily and quickly dump the truck and jump it off the track when a train approaches.

I claim as'my invention:

1. The combination in a truck with its frameand wheels arranged tandem, of skids secured to said frame and projecting laterally therefrom and means of tilting said frame laterally to depress the free ends of said skids, to form an inclined plane.

2. The combination with a truck-frame and wheels arranged tandem, of a handle secured to' said frame at one side thereof and projecting therefrom, of skids, secured to said frame and projecting laterally therefrom, on the side opposite said handle, to incline said skids, by tilting said frame.

3. The combination with a truck-frame and peripherally grooved wheels arranged tandem torun on'a single rail, of skids se cured to said frame and projecting laterally therefrom and a handle for said truck.

4t. The combination with the truck-frame and wheels arranged tandem, of the fixed handle secu-red toone side of said frame, a socket secured to the other side of said frame and a removable handle adapted to fit said socket. V

5. The combination in a truck having wheels arranged tandem, of a frame,a brace secured to said frame and extending laterally therefrom in an upwardly inclined direction and an outwardly inclined handle secured to said frame and to said brace.

6: The combination in a truck having Wheels arranged tandem of a.frame,a' brace secured to said frame and extending laterally tlierefrom in an upwardly inclined direction, an outwardly inclined handle; securedto said frame and to said" brace and'a ballast-box having an inclined back pro- .i

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